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Found Letterform #9

Nate Johnson — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:40:42 +0000

An awesome example over on Central Avenue near Rossville Blvd.

Level2 in Haiti

Philip Brown — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:32:45 +0000

Recently, I was given the opportunity by Peavine Baptist Church and Score International to be part of a relief trip to Haiti. We were given a window of about five hours to decide if we would be a part, and I really felt that I was to go and help out in anyway I could. I thought I was going to Haiti to help and change them, but I was the one who was changed.

I won’t go into detail about the trip, but will tell you some experiences. Most of the people there live in makeshift houses and have few to no amenities. Most of the individuals were without and in need before the earthquake. I did see houses that had collapsed and devastation, but what I will bring back from this trip is that the children there have nothing, but they are always happy.

When we would walk down the street, children would run out just to wave and smile at you. It was amazing. We were involved in several clean up efforts at an orphanage, school, church, clinic, and the house of the missionaries(Haiti Gospel Mission). We were able to hand out food to about a thousand people one morning, which was an awesome site to see. As I am standing there in the ninety degree heat trying to keep order in this massive line, I am totally overcome with chills. The day before, tickets were handed out in the villages surrounding the clinic, which would allow individuals to receive the food. Some didn’t have tickets, some tried to rush the line, and one even tried to create a fake ticket. It hit me right in the face. What is going to happen when we stand before the Almighty? Will we have tickets? Will someone say to you, “why didn’t you tell me where to get a ticket,” as some did. Do you think you have the right ticket, but in the end it is a false one? It was an incredible experience. I don’t know if I did anything to change the country, but being in Haiti sure changed me.

Found Letterform Friday #2

Nate Johnson — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:36:23 +0000

These are in no way ending up on Friday. However, I will keep calling them that until they finally do end up on Friday.

Here is some very cool letter-form that is near downtown Chattanooga that I have been meaning to photograph for a while now. Let me know your thoughts.

Found Letterform Friday

Nate Johnson — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:36:36 +0000

It’s actually Saturday, but I’m going to try to make this a Friday staple on the blog. I found an old Ford Bronco yesterday that had a fantastic font used for the name “Bronco” on the side. Below are the pictures of the font, and the Bronco itself.

Whoever’s Bronco this is… I like it.

Found Letterform

Nate Johnson — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:25:11 +0000

I love found letterform. Mostly in vintage 3d signage like the one on our website. However, old or new, I like to see well played out letterform. Here are a few photos I have taken of some that I like. I will probably try to make a found-letterform post everyweek of found 3-dimensional letters I find. Enjoy.

Extra points if anyone can tell us where all of these photos are from. Anyone who can get them all exactly right will get a free custom Level 2 Design poster.

5 Best State Tourism Websites

Nate Johnson — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:53:54 +0000

I recently looked at the Tennessee state tourism website and was surprised by what I saw. It is a fantastically designed website (although a tad too much going on), and it made me wonder what other states had cool tourism websites. Well there wasn’t a whole lot out there that impressed me, and this list could probably stop at 3. The following is the list of state tourism websites that stand out above the rest.

My criteria for the top five are:

Functionality
Design
interactivity

1. Tennessee -

Tennessee Tourism website

2. Montana -

Montana Tourism website

3. Texas -

Texas Tourism website

4. South Dakota -

South Dakota Tourism Website

5. Hawaii

Hawaii's Tourism Website

Honorable Mentions:

Pennsylvania
New Hampshire
Maine